Naqvi, H. M. - Naqvi, H. M.
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Shehzad, aka Chuck, is young, impressionable, and making his way in the world. When he arrives in New York from Pakistan in the late 1990s, the city strikes him as cold and unfamiliar, but things start coming together: Chuck secures a coveted Wall Street job and begins moving with glitterati scenesters. Just as he's beginning to feel like a bona fide New Yorker, however, the good life unravels: He is fired, but undaunted, resorts to working as a cabbie when tragedy strikes. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Chuck and his pals, AC and Jimbo, find themselves suspected of terrorist activities…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Shehzad, aka Chuck, is young, impressionable, and making his way in the world. When he arrives in New York from Pakistan in the late 1990s, the city strikes him as cold and unfamiliar, but things start coming together: Chuck secures a coveted Wall Street job and begins moving with glitterati scenesters. Just as he's beginning to feel like a bona fide New Yorker, however, the good life unravels: He is fired, but undaunted, resorts to working as a cabbie when tragedy strikes. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Chuck and his pals, AC and Jimbo, find themselves suspected of terrorist activities
Autorenporträt
H.M. Naqvi, geboren 1974 in London, studierte in Georgetown und an der Boston University, wo er nach seinem Abschluss Literatur und Creative Writing unterrichtete. Er gewann den Phelam Prize for Poetry und repräsentierte Pakistan auf dem National Poetry Slam in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Zurzeit lebt und arbeitet er wahlweise in Karatschi und New York. "Home Boy" ist sein erster Roman.